Mischief
Problems in Salem
Characters
Who Said It
Historical Background
Children
100

Parris sees the young girls around the campfire doing this the previous night.

What is dancing?

100

Giles struggles with his prayers when his wife is doing this.

What is reading? 

100

Tituba first accuses Sarah Good and this other character. 


Who is Sarah Osburn? 

100

"I may think of you from time to time, but I will cut off my hand before I reach for you again."

Who is John Proctor?

100

The trials took place in what is now this state.

What is Massachusetts?

100

These two children cannot seem to wake up.

Who are Betty Parris and Ruth Putnam?

200

This happened in the past between John Proctor and Abigail Williams.

What is an affair? 

200

Parris is more concerned about this that his own daughter's well-being. 

What is his reputation? 

200

Even though he is respected and even feared in Salem, he considers himself a fraud.

Who is John Proctor?

200

"Let either of you breath a word, or the edge of a word about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you."

Who is Abigail Williams? 

200

The Crucible was published in 1952 by this author.

Who is Arthur Miller? 

200

Goody Putnam accuses Tituba of using her baby's blood, but Tituba assures her that it was only blood from this.

What is a chicken?

300

Betty reveals that Abigail did these two shocking things in the woods the previous night.

What is drink blood and make a charm to kill Goody Proctor?

300

Tituba is given this ultimatum when she is accused of witchcraft.

What is confess or be hanged?

300

This character is a widower with no interest in children, or talent with them. 

Who is Rev. Parris

300

"Your name in the town--it is entirely white, is it not?"

Who is Rev. Parris?

300

The Salem Witch Trials took place during these two years. 

What is 1692-1693?

300

When Abigail was a small child, her parents died from this.

What is Indians smashing their heads?

400

This rumor has circulated around town about Betty Parris.

What is that she has flown?

400

John Proctor does not approve of Rev. Parris because Parris always preaches about this dark subject. 

What is Hell? 

400

He squabbled with Putnam over the boundary of land. 

Who is Giles Corey?

400

"They (his books) must be; they are weighted with authority."

Who is Rev. Hale? 

400

The Crucible is actually an allegory for this dark period in American History.

What is the McCarthy Era?

400

Goody Putnam has lost this many babies in her lifetime. 

What is seven?

500

Mrs. Putnam originally contacts Tituba for this reason.

What is to contact her dead babies?

500
Abigail claims that the Proctors dismissed her because of this.

What is that she refused to work like their slave?

500

His brother-in-law is James Bayley, who was turned down as minister of Salem. 

Who is Thomas Putnam?

500

"There is prodigious danger in the seeking of loose spirits." 

Who is Rebecca Nurse?

500

In the end, this many people would be hanged as a result of the trials.

What is 19?

500

Rebecca Nurse is a grandmother to this many children. 

What is 26?